Pocket-book



(No ModeL) vF. MULLER. POCKET BOOK, &c.

No. 476,159. Patented May 31, 1892.l

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UNITED uSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK MLLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

POCKET-BooK, eac.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No'. 476,159, dated May 31,1892.

i Application filed December 26. 1891. Serial No. 416,186. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MLLER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Pocket-Books, Card- Cases, thc., of which the followingis a specication.

The 'object of my invention is to so construct the lockin'grdevice forthe flap or overlying portion of a pocket-book, card-case, or the like,and to so combine said locking device with said overlying` portion orflap that no part of the device will be exposed upon the outer face ofthe flap or cover, so'that the latter is not disfigured by the exposureof the locking device, but can be ornamented in any way which the tasteof the manufacturer may suggest or can be left entirely plain ifornamentation is not desired. Y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of apocketbook provided with a locking device for the flap in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the same.Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of part of the flap with thatelement of the locking device which is carried thereby; and Fig. 4 is aperspective View on a still larger scale, showing the parts of the lockand lock-casing detached from each other.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, A represents the flap of a pocket-book, and B thebody of the book, these parts being locked together when the iap isclosed. The locking device consists in the present instance of a notchedstem a, projecting upward from a plate b, secured to the outer pocket dof the body of the book, this notched stern being engaged by a boltj',which slides and is guided in a casing carried by the flap andcomprising a box g and acover-plate h, the bolt being acted upon by aspring e', which tends to project it and cause `it to engage with thenotched stern a, but said bolt having a head f', projecting beyond theap, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the bolt can be pushed inward torelease it from the notched stem and permit of the opening of the Hap,the latter operation being effected by a movement which is practically acontinuation of the movement necessary to release the bolt,

so that the unlocking and raising of the ap are readily accomplished.Usually in this class of goods the bolt and its casing are mounted uponthe outside of the flap, which is perforated for the passage of thenotched stem, and in the ner class of goods the presence of thebolt-casing on the outside of the iiap is a disgurement and in manycases interferes with the application of ornamental designs to the ilap,or is equally objectionable in cases where a plain flap is desired. Inorder to overcome this objection, therefore, I provide the flap with aninner layer or lining m and I secure the lock-casing to this inner layeror lining, so that the outer surface of the iiap is not mutilated nor isit marred by the presence of the lock-casing thereon..

As shown in the drawings, the cover-plate h of the lock-casing restsagainst the inner face of the inner layer or lining-piecemof the flapand has parallel slots n near its opposite edges, through which slotspass wings p, projecting upward from the opposite sides of thebolt-casing g, these wings passing through the slots in the cover-plateh, thence through like slots in the inner layer or lining lmof the flap,and being then turned down upon said lining, so as to serve not only toconfine the coverplate h to the casing g, but also to secure the entirelock-casing to the flap, the bent portions of the wings being embeddedbetween the inner and outer layers of the flap, so that no portion ofthelockfcasing is exposed upon the surface.

The plate l), which carries the notched stem a, has iingers b', whichare passed through the material of the outer pocket d of the body of thebook and are bent down inside of the same, in order to secure the plateZ9 in place, and it will be evident that, so far as the main object ofmy invention is concerned, the plate b might be secured to the lining ofthe liap Aand the lock-casing to the pocket d, although the constructionshown is preferred, and it Will also be manifest that my invention isapplicable to card-cases or the like, in which the flap or like part ofthe case is either of the character shown in the drawings or carries oneor more pockets, that part of the locking device which is carried by theflap being, however, in all IOO cases secured to the innermost portionor layer of the flap, so as to prevent any exposure of vthe lock-casingon the surface.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patentl. A pocket-book, card-case, or the like having a flap oroverlying portion secured to theother portion or body bya locking deviceconsisting of a notched stem and a sliding bolt, one element of saidlocking device being secured to the inner layer or lining of the flap 4by fastening devices, which are covered by the outer layer of said Hap,whereby no portion of the locking device is exposed on the outer face ofthe Hap, the locking-bolt proj ecting beyond the edge of said iiap,substantially as specified.

2. A pocket-book,card-case, or thelike having a flap or overlyingportion secured to the zo other portion or body by a locking deviceconsisting of a notched stem and a sliding boit, said flap carrying theYsliding bolt and a casing and cover-plate therefor, said casnghavingwings passing through slots in the coverplate and through the innerlayer or lining of the flap, and said wings being turned down betweenthe inner and outer layers of said Hap so as to be covered by the outerlayer, whereby the lock-case is secured together and to the iap withoutthe exposure of any part of said case uponthe outer face of the ap,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

vERE DERICK MLLER.

Vitnesses:

EUGENE ELTERICH, HARRY SMITH.

